Long COVID: Factors influencing persistent symptoms and the impact of gender.

Objective: This study aimed to characterize the prevalence as well as clinical and epidemiological features of persistent symptoms after acute COVID-19, focusing on gender-specific differences in a primary care setting.

Methods: A total of 1542 individuals with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were enrolled. The study population comprised 55.

Clinical Characterization of the Persistent COVID-19 Symptoms: A Descriptive Observational Study in Primary Care.

Introduction: Evidence and clinical experience suggest that there are a range of signs of health issues that affect patients who have recovered from acute COVID-19 infection. This condition is commonly referred to as "persistent COVID-19," which is not connected with the severity of the disease. We have identified the prevalence and clinical-epidemiological characteristics of patients with COVID-19 and persistent symptoms treated in primary care centers.

GEMA 5.3. Spanish Guideline on the Management of Asthma.

The Spanish Guideline on the Management of Asthma, better known by its acronym in Spanish GEMA, has been available for more than 20 years. Twenty-one scientific societies or related groups both from Spain and internationally have participated in the preparation and development of the updated edition of GEMA, which in fact has been currently positioned as the reference guide on asthma in the Spanish language worldwide. Its objective is to prevent and improve the clinical situation of people with asthma by increasing the knowledge of healthcare professionals involved in their care.

[Referral Criteria for Asthma: An Updated Consensus].

Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in Spain. In 2019, the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC), the Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians (SEMERGEN), the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC), the Spanish Society of General and Family Physicians (SEMG) and the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) drafted a document laying down the criteria for referral and action guidelines in the diagnosis, control and monitoring of the asthmatic patient to facilitate ongoing care and improved attention in every setting. The new circumstances derived from the Covid-19 pandemic have demanded that some of the recommendations of the previous edition be updated and adapted to the new healthcare situation.

[Do patients deliver inhalers correctly? The AIRE project].

Objectives: To assess users' attitudes and knowledge of users about how and where inhalers are removed after finalizing their use, and to describe their opinion about utilizing re-usable inhalers.

Methods: Cross-sectional, multi-center, and opinion survey, conducted to assess behavior and attitudes regarding the disposal of inhalers recycling and the use of re-usable inhalers, through the application of an ad hoc questionnaire about the knowledge and attitudes, with data about the use and recycling of inhalers.

Results: A total of 303 subjects (57.

[Comparing group educational intervention to individual and self-learning in COPD].

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered a public health issue which affects 10.2% of Spanish population between 40 and 80 years of age. Many patients do not perform well the inhalation technique.

Quantification of inaccurate diagnosis of COPD in primary care medicine: an analysis of the COACH clinical audit.

Inaccurate diagnosis in COPD is a current problem with relevant consequences in terms of inefficient health care, which has not been thoroughly studied in primary care medicine. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the degree of inaccurate diagnosis in Primary Care in Spain and study the determinants associated with it. The Community Assessment of COPD Health Care (COACH) study is a national, observational, randomized, non-interventional, national clinical audit aimed at evaluating clinical practice for patients with COPD in primary care medicine in Spain.

[Mortality due to asthma in Spain, 1990-2015].

Introduction: Asthma is a major public health problem affecting more than 300 million people worldwide. The importance of a disease can be measured by its prevalence, burden of care, and its morbidity and mortality.

Objective: To determine the mortality rates for asthma in Spain in the period 1990-2015.

Referral Criteria for Asthma: Consensus Document.

Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in Spain. Current treatments ensure that the disease is controlled in most cases. However, disease is often uncontrolled in daily clinical practice, mainly owing to underdiagnosis, loss to follow-up, and poor adherence to therapy.

Community Assessment of COPD Health Care (COACH) study: a clinical audit on primary care performance variability in COPD care.

Background: A thorough evaluation of the adequacy of clinical practice in a designated health care setting and temporal context is key for clinical care improvement. This study aimed to perform a clinical audit of primary care to evaluate clinical care delivered to patients with COPD in routine clinical practice.

Methods: The Community Assessment of COPD Health Care (COACH) study was an observational, multicenter, nationwide, non-interventional, retrospective, clinical audit of randomly selected primary care centers in Spain.

[Hypothyroidism in adults in a basic health area].

Introduction: The objective of the present study is to study the prevalence, as well as the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hypothyroid disease in adults using the computerised clinical records.

Material And Methods: Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The target population was the patients of the health centres of Lucena I and II (Córdoba).

[Quality of life of patients with asthma on beclomethasone/formoterol. Cost-utility analysis].

Aim: To perform a cost-utility analysis on asthmatic patients on beclomethasone/formoterol fixed combination in Primary Health Care. Material and methods Non-probability sampling was used to select a group of asthmatic patients with moderate/severe persistent severity (GEMA 2009), treated with beclomethasone/formoterol fixed combination, over 18 years, had given their informed consent. The study observation period was 6 months.

[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Morbimortality and healthcare burden].

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an enormous public health problem and of growing importance due to its high prevalence, elevated morbimortality, and socioeconomic costs. Many Spanish epidemiological studies report a prevalence of 10% of the adult population, with its growth appearing to have stabilised. Nevertheless, over 75% of cases are still underdiagnosed.